Tuesday, 6 October morning
0830–1200 | 217/218
INNOVATION
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Offers presentations on the application of novel equipment including the qualification process and assessment of project risk in using new technology, the application of novel approaches to asset integrity management, and the selection of facilities concepts.
| Session Chairpersons: | Jeff Sawchuk, BP John Walsh, Shell |
0830–1155 | 206/207
DIGITAL ENERGY
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Presents new developments in the area of collecting, processing, and analyzing data. Features platforms and standards to collect and use data to support decisions and knowledge management issues, where information technology is an enabler to facilitate corporate learning’s such as the required change management to adopt such systems and consequent new work processes in the organization.
| Session Chairpersons: | Surya Rajan, Marathon Oil Gerhard Thonhauser, TDE Thonhauser Data Engineering |
| 0830 | 124203 | Simulations of Field Development Planning Help Improve Economics of Heavy-Oil Project D.D. Teotico, L. Schauerte, J.E. Griffith, Shell; G.D. Schottle, R.E. Mehl, Halliburton |
| 0855 | 124247 | Real-Time Decision Support in Drilling Operations Using Bayesian Decision Networks M. Rajaieyamchee, R.B. Bratvold, University of Stavanger |
| 0920 | 124306 | Established Knowledge Management (KM) Communities of Practice: Moving Across the KM Product Life Cycle C. Burress, K. Paylow, Halliburton |
| 0945 | 124347 | WITSML “Comes of Age” for the Global Drilling and Completions Industry J.G. Pickering, BP; J. Kreijger, Shell; L. Grovik, StatoilHydro; D. Franssens, Halliburton; N. Deeks, Schlumberger; A. Doniger, J. Schey, Energistics |
| 1040 | 124404 | Digital Oilfield Projects: A Perspective Using Examples From Reservoir and Reserves Management V. Lasrado, Infosys Technologies |
| 1105 | 124514 | An Intelligent Platform To Manage Offshore Assets C.M. Piovesan, APO Offshore; J.B. Kozman, Carbon Lifecycle Technology Consulting |
| 1130 | 125166 | A Systems Engineering Approach to Change Management That Overcomes the Barriers to User Acceptance M.G. Campbell, Managing Change and Acceptance International |
| ePoster | 124856 | Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom: Shaping E&P World E. Lyadina-Saville, Saville Solver |
0830–1155 | 225/226/227
ENHANCEMENTS IN MODEL-BASED TECHNIQUES TO MONITOR RESERVOIR PERFORMANCE
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Features the latest in model-based techniques used to monitor and assess reservoir performance. Topics include HP/HT geomechanical modeling, Joule-Thomson effects in high-rate wells, improvements in PTA, advances in real-time reservoir modeling using the ensemble Kalman filter, and benefit of a standardized reservoir monitoring approach with an illustration about a North Sea field.
| Session Chairpersons: | James Clark, Mariner Energy Marise Mikulis, Baker Hughes |
0830–1155 | 228/229/230
DEEPWATER COMPLETIONS
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Includes case histories from several deepwater operators on their frac pack and intelligent wells completions and a root cause analysis of intelligent well performance. Includes an overview of a deepwater scale squeeze operation, the advent of 15 Cr materials, and expandables for frac pack installation.
| Session Chairpersons: | Paul Butler, Halliburton Karen Olson, BP |
0830–1155 | R08/R09
DRILLING FLUIDS
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Focuses on curing, mitigating, or preventing costly problems associated with drilling or completion fluids. Wellbore stabilization, internal phase salinity of oil-based fluids, low-rheology reservoir drilling fluids for ERD wells, and fluids-related problems with underbalanced drilling are addressed.
| Session Chairpersons: | James E. Friedheim, M-I Swaco Catalin Ivan, Chevron |
0830–1155 | R04/R05
DESIGN AND MICROSEISMIC MONITORING OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURE TREATMENTS
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The advent of sophisticated fracture treatment diagnostics has lead to more effective improvement of stimulation designs resulting in improved reservoir recovery. Focuses on refinement of microseismic mapping events, integration of various diagnostic tools, and field case studies to improve stimulation performance.
| Session Chairpersons: | James Heinze, Devon Energy Mauro Tambini, Eni |
| 0830 | 124361 | Fluid Selection for Energized Hydraulic Fractures K.E. Friehauf, M.M. Sharma, University of Texas at Austin |
| 0855 | 125121 | Assessing the Impact of Microseismic Location Uncertainties on Interpreted Hydraulic Fracture Geometries S.C. Maxwell, Schlumberger |
| 0920 | 124208 | Anisotropy Effects in Microseismic Monitoring N.R. Warpinski, C.K. Waltman, J. Du, Q, Ma, Pinnacle Technologies |
| 0945 | 124673 | Fracture Mapping in the San Juan Basin, New Mexico E. Estrada, N.R. Roberts, ConocoPhillips; L. Weijers, T.G. Riebel, S.D. Logan, Pinnacle Technologies |
| 1040 | 124877 | Increased Production Through Microseismic Monitoring of Hydraulic Fracturing Over a Multiwell Program W. Barker, Microseismic |
| 1105 | 124327 | Coupled 3D Numerical Investigation of Hydraulic Fracture Cleanup for Both Slickwater and Gelled Fluids H.A. Wills, J.L. Miskimins, H. Kazemi, Colorado School of Mines |
0830–1155 | 220/221
INTEGRATED GEOLOGICAL MODELING
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Focuses on integrated approaches to geophysical and geological modeling.
| Session Chairpersons: | Calvin Kessler, Halliburton Madhav M. Kulkarni, Marathon Oil |
0830–1155 | R06/R07
PETROPHYSICS
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Focuses on cost-effective workflows, strategies, and methods to determine static and dynamic reservoir properties that can add significant value to the industry. Presentations will be of interest to geophysicists, reservoir engineers, and geologists.
| Session Chairpersons: | Jeffry Hamman, Marathon Oil Badarinadh Vissapragada, Schlumberger |
0830–1155 | 211/212/213
FLOW IN POROUS MEDIA
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Offers exciting new fundamental research on two-phase flow in porous media; a unified theory for the imbibitions and drainage processes; new measurement techniques of relative permeability using imaging and permeation experiments; effects of external magnetic field on multiphase flow dynamics and on flow of surface-coated nanoparticles in rock; and simulation of flow in porous media using pore-network and Lattice-Boltzmann approaches.
| Session Chairpersons: | I. Akkutlu, University of Oklahoma Cengiz Satik, Chevron |
| 0830 | 124418 | Enhanced Migration of Surface-Treated Nanoparticles in Sedimentary Rocks E. Rodriguez, M. Roberts, H. Yu,C. Huh, S.L. Bryant, University of Texas at Austin |
| 0855 | 124805 | A Macroscopic Method of Measuring Microscopic Scale Phenomena in Porous Media: The Transition Between a Sharp and Diffuse Imbibition Front B. Aminzadeh, D.A. DiCarlo, University of Texas at Austin |
| 0920 | 123676 | Analysis of Transient Data During Relative Permeability Measurements Using Steady-State Technique M.R. Fassihi, BP; G. Potter, Core Laboratories |
| 0945 | 124974 | Predicting Relative-Permeability Curves Directly From Rock Images D.B. Silin, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; T.W. Patzek, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1040 | 124771 | Unified Model of Drainage and Imbibition in 3D Fractionally Wet Porous Media
S. Motealleh, M. Ashouripashaki, D.A. DiCarlo, S.L. Bryant, University of Texas at Austin |
| 1105 | 124440 | Improving Fidelity of Network Models for Drainage and Imbibition Y. Peng, M. Prodanovic, S.L. Bryant, Univeristy of Texas at Austin |
| 1130 | 124617 | Simulation of Two-Phase Flow in Reservoir Rocks Using a Lattice-Boltzmann Method T. Ramstad, P.E. Oren, S. Bakke, Numerical Rocks |
| ePoster | 124819 | A New Upscaling Method of Relative Permeability Curves for Reservoir Simulation K. Wang, J.E. Killough, Halliburton; K. Sepehrnoori, University of Texas at Austin |
0830–1155 | R02/R03
UNCONVENTIONAL RESOURCES AND CO2 PROCESSES
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Covers two critical topics in today's oil and gas industry: unconventional resources and CO2 sequestration. They are undeniably of great strategic and economic importance in today's environment if we want to meet tomorrow's needs.
| Session Chairpersons: | Raymond Ambrose, Devon Energy Joel Le Calvez, Schlumberger |
| 0830 | 124253 | Pore Networks and Fluid Flow in Gas Shales F.P. Wang, R.M. Reed, University of Texas at Austin |
| 0855 | 124153 | Transference of Reservoir Uncertainty in Multi-SAGD Well Pairs J.P. Vanegas, C.V. Deutsch, L.B. Cunha, University of Alberta |
| 0920 | 124002 | CO2-ECBM/Storage Activities at the San Juan Basin’s Pump Canyon Test Site G. Koperna, A. Oudinot, Advanced Resources International;G. McColpin, Pinnacle Technologies; N. Lieu, J. Heath, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology; A. Wells, US Department of Energy; G. Young, Colorado Geological Survey |
| 0945 | 125029 | Residual Trapping of CO2 in Aquifers During Countercurrent Flow D. Nattwongasem, K. Jessen, University of Southern California |
| 1040 | 125167 | Geomechanical Risk Mitigation for CO2 Sequestration in Saline Aquifers D. Tran, V.K. Shrivastava, L.X. Nghiem, B.F. Kohse, Computer Modelling Group |
| 1105 | 124628 | The Influence of CO2 Solubility in Brine on CO2 Flooding Simulation W. Yan, E.H. Stenby, University of Denmark |
| 1130 | 124630 | Extraction of Dissolved Methane in Brines by CO2 Injection: Implication for CO2 Sequestration I.J. Taggart, RISC |


